Ivan Ristić
Author of ModSecurity and SSL Labs
Grading the internet’s TLS, one hostname at a time
Rating
86Impact score
Domains
TLSWeb application firewallsMeasurement
Scouting report
Wrote ModSecurity, the open-source web application firewall that became the reference implementation and the base of the OWASP Core Rule Set. Then built SSL Labs, whose A-to-F grade for a server’s TLS configuration turned an obscure ops detail into something executives asked about, and wrote Bulletproof TLS and PKI as the manual for fixing the grade.
Curator’s note
Made bad TLS visible and embarrassing, which fixed more of it than any RFC.
Sources
- 01Ivan Ristić en.wikipedia.org
- 02Qualys SSL Labs ssllabs.com